H04N 2201/02406
Arrangements for positioning elements within a head
Official title: Arrangements for positioning elements within a head (H04N1/02409 takes precedence; arrangements for positioning heads H04N2201/02402)
H04N2201/02406 (Arrangements for positioning elements within a head) appears on 1,028 US grants and 336 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 1,028
- Published applications
- 336
- Assignees
- 225
- Inventors
- 1,579
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
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| 2001 | 51 | 13 |
| 2002 | 36 | 29 |
| 2003 | 26 | 35 |
| 2004 | 25 | 33 |
| 2005 | 19 | 31 |
| 2006 | 25 | 22 |
| 2007 | 25 | 39 |
| 2008 | 28 | 19 |
| 2009 | 29 | 28 |
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| 2013 | 28 | 10 |
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| 2020 | 4 | 2 |
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| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for performing a task on a material, or locating the position of a device relative to the surface of the material16 Dec 2025US 12,496,739 B2Shaper Tools, Inc.
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus having inclined surface for easy document removal24 Dec 2024US 12,177,403 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for performing a task on a material, or locating the position of a device relative to the surface of the material21 Nov 2023US 11,820,036 B2Shaper Tools, Inc.
- Optical device, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus for suppressing stray light using light shielding body that overlap rows of lens array and covered by regulating body with through holes25 Oct 2022US 11,483,444 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Systems and methods for performing a task on a material, or locating the position of a device relative to the surface of the material8 Mar 2022US 11,267,153 B2Shaper Tools, Inc.
- Systems and methods for performing a task on a material, or locating the position of a device relative to the surface of the material22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021603 A1Shaper Tools, Inc.
- Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus26 Jun 2025US 2025/0211694 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus having inclined surface for easy document removal27 Feb 2025US 2025/0071224 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for performing a task on a material, or locating the position of a device relative to the surface of the material14 Mar 2024US 2024/0083062 A1Shaper Tools, Inc.
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus16 Nov 2023US 2023/0370558 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Navigation technique for detecting movement of navigation sensors relative to an object318US 5,644,139 A1997
- Freehand image scanning device which compensates for non-linear movement312US 5,578,813 A1996
- Image processing method and device247US 6,259,826 B1Hewlett-Packard Company · 2001
- Electronic microcopier apparatus189US 4,523,235 A1985
- Image reading apparatus and image processing apparatus184US 6,527,182 B1Fujitsu Limited · 2003